romney apparently didn't get that memo. joining me now, cnn contributors and republican strategist, mary matalin and charles blow. you have been tweeting extensively on this. you said you werlivid at governor romney, that the comments were offensive. you said he needs to take a look in the mirror. what do you mean? >> i think he needs to figure out what were his own flaws. what were the deficiencies with his campaign. i get it, okay, he was talking to 300 of his top donors, people who raised almost $1 billion and he needs to explain why he lost and it's easier to blame somebody else than to look in the mirror and blame yourself for your shortfalls but i think it's mitt romney who has to figure out why did he get 27% with the hispanic vote. mary worked for george w. bush white house. george w. bush got 44% of the hispanic vote. it wasn't because he was giving away gifts or freebies and it's just the wrong message to say that hispanics, blacks, young people, are nothing but takers and that that's why they voted for barack oba